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North Korea Tests Trump's Resolve with Missile Launch

Posted on Friday, February 17, 2017 by Nicole Hunter

Speaking at a joint news conference at the White House with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump was not asked about the missile test, but he brought up North Korea when a reporter asked what are the "most important national security problems" facing the U.S.

The closed door meeting will be held at 5 p.m., said a spokesperson of Ukraine's mission, which is holding the presidency of the organisation this month, Efe news reported.

Prudently, President Donald Trump refrained from a rash response of the kind he delivered in January, when he tweeted: "North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen!"

North Korea's state-run television showed video on Monday of the "successful" launch of a nuclear-capable missile and still photographs of leader Kim Jong Un supervising the operation.

North Korea has once again launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan.

The Sunday launch, the first since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, was likely meant to coincide with his summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

They also agreed to continue to work closely together and with the worldwide community to address North Korea's actions, the statement said. According to South Korea's Defense Ministry it flew for 300 miles before dropping into the sea and was launched using a cold-eject system, where the missile is launched with compressed gas.

Pyongyang says it is developing its missile and nuclear programmes as deterrence against the United States, stressing that it will not abandon the programmes unless the U.S. ends hostilities toward the country.

Carrying out tests for ballistic missiles is a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

North Korea yesterday rejected the United Nations Security Council's statement on its weekend missile launch, and declared that all its tests were "self-defence measures" created to protect its people.

KCNA said the missile was sacked at a high angle in consideration of the safety of neighbouring countries.

According to the statement, Pyongyang carried out tests in "grave violation" of the country's worldwide obligations under six United Nations Security Council resolutions, Sputnik reported.

Though members of the U.N. Security Council unanimously backed a statement denouncing North Korea's rocket launch on Sunday, Chinese commitment to sanctions against Pyongyang remains a necessity for any meaningful progress on the issue. Beijing counters that its influence is overstated and suggests that Washington's refusal to talk directly to North Korea is impeding progress toward a solution. The same system is employed for missiles launched from submarines below the ocean surface. It has also successfully tested a submarine-launched missile and development of such missiles would add a weapon that is harder to detect before launch.

Though Pyongyang has been relatively quiet about the transfer of power to the Trump administration, its state media has repeatedly called for Washington to abandon its "hostile policy" and vowed to continue its nuclear and missile development programs until the USA changes its diplomatic approach.

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